Maximilian Fretter-Pico

Maximilian Fretter-Pico (6 February 1892-4 April 1984) was a General der Artillerie of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

Biography
Maximilian Fretter-Pico was born on 6 February 1892 in Karlsruhe, Baden, German Empire, and he entered the artillery of the Imperial German Army in 1910 before World War I. Fretter-Pico rose to the rank of Major after fighting in World War I, during which he had won several awards for bravery. In 1938, he rose to the rank of Colonel in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht, and he was sent to Turkey as a military attache. He missed the campaigns in France and Poland, but he was promoted to Major-General in March of 1941 and given command of the 97th Jaeger Division under Army Group South for the invasion of the Soviet Union. In 1944, he was given command of the German Sixth Army, and he fought in the campaign against the USSR as the Axis withdrew into Central Europe. On 22 April 1945, he surrendered to the United States, and he remained a prisoner-of-war until 1947. He died in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, West Germany on 4 April 1984.